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CamperBob2 • yesterday at 5:20 PM • 2 replies • view on HN

No, it doesn't "make a reasonable amount of sense." When everything causes cancer, nothing does. No useful information is being communicated to the consumer.

Meanwhile, the credibility of the scientific establishment in Joe Sixpack's eyes takes another hit, with all-too-predictable consequences.


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Retric • yesterday at 5:41 PM

The flaw in that argument is a great number of chemicals do not cause cancer.

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maxerickson • yesterday at 8:05 PM

Seems like a lose lose with joe six pack. He gets to be stupid and lazy and blame you no matter what you do.

You are also begging the question, asserting that the law has no useful impact and is thus useless or even harmful.

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